Rupert Samuel celebrates the Goodness Mfg's 1st birthday

Goodby's Mike Geiger and Ronny Northrop at the Carlton beach

BBDO/N.Y.'s Mike Smith and Creativity's Teressa Iezzi at the Carlton Beach

BBDO/N.Y.'s Greg Hahn and Therapy Films' Barry Hughes

Ad Age editor Jonah Bloom and BBDO's Hahn

Big Spaceship's Michael Lebowitz stands up and dances for one of his favorite campaigns at the Cyber press conference.

R/GA's He-Men: Bob Greenberg and Nick Law, at Vesuvio

More Gutter action: Creativity's Ann Diaz and JWT/N.Y.'s David Suarez and Hunter Fine

ACNE's Kalle Hellzen, RSA's Fran McGivern, Tempo Media's Alexander Schildt and RSA's Jules Daly. That's ACNE's David Olsson on the far left, trying to touch Fran's nose.

Britta L?beck and ACNE's Kalle Hellzen and Max Ahlborn

Olsson, Schildt and CAA's Andrew Ault

Olsson and Schildt make love to the camera.

Creativity's Ann-Christine Diaz and Tokyo's GT Inc. creative director Koshi Uchiyama

Smuggler EP Patrick Milling Smith toasts diners at Eden Roc with a broken glass

Smuggler's Allison Kunzman and Gisela Knijenberg

Y&R ECD Scott Vitrone and Gisela

Ted Royer and Judee Thaidumrong

Smuggler EP Brian Carmody hangs with Creativity's Teressa Iezzi (center) and Ann-Christine Diaz

. . . while CAA's life of the party Andrew Ault toasts again, in Carmody's place

Can you find Juan Cabral?

Milling about at the Fallon pool party high above the Croisette

Yes, it was really on fire.

Blacklist's Adina Sales, Deutsch's Josh Rose and Human's Pamala Buzick

The Ebeling Group's Melissa Thornley, Deutsch's Mike Sheldon, Ryan Ebner of HSI and Jason Stanfield of Energy BBDO

Deutsch's Eric Hirshberg hangs with Creativity's Teressa Iezzi

Y&R/Chicago head of broadcast and Creativity's Ann-Christine Diaz

Deutsch's Head of Production Tom Dunlap and Linda Waste of Energy BBDO

''From left: photographer/director Klaus Lucka, Sandi Mollod, DDB's Bob Nelson and Marion Lenge join Therapy Films for a gigantic drink

Therapy director Christian Bevilacqua and Publicis director of broadcast Nadia Blake

MJZ's Jeff Scruton and David Zander

Crispin's Andrew Keller, Tiffany Kosel and Matt Bonin

Producer Nikki Fox with T.A.G.'s Scott Duchon and John Patroulis

Deutsch's Josh Rose, Tom Dunlap and Creativity's Teressa Iezzi

Chiat's Richard O'Neill and MJZ's Debbie Turner

Deutsch's Eric Hirshberg and Zander

CAA's Andrew Ault makes a toast.

MJZ's Gay Guthrie with the men: CAA's Andrew Ault, Matt Bijarchi, and DDB/Chicago's Grant Hill

CAA's Jesse Coulter, TBWA's Brian O'Rourke and Richard O'Neill and Jeff Scruton of MJZ

Social Club EP Markus Ahlm quickly became known around the Croisette as 'The Captain'

Taking an oyster break aboard the Social Club sailboat

Getting the raw food treatment at the Colombe D'Or

As we approached the Microsoft yacht we were turned away by harpoons and buckets of scalding oil being poured off the sides...

Great Works draws a line in the sand

Paranoid U.S. director Marc Raymond Wilkins, rep Stephanie Stephens, Goodby head of integrated production Mike Geiger, Paranoid U.S. EP Philip Detchmendy, Goodby CD Will McGinness and The Talent Business' Melanie Myers

Stare into the Lion's eyes...

Joep from Massive is always a towering presence at its parties

Switch that to Fahrenheit and it's about the temperature of French hospitality

Digitalism preside over the DDB dancefloor

The Barbarian Group's Benjamin Palmer takes a lap at the Goodby, Silverstein & Partners cocktail party, by the pool at Hotel 3.14.

More from the Goodby, Silverstein & Partners cocktail party.

More from the Goodby, Silverstein & Partners cocktail party.

A table of lovely folks at the Goodby, Silverstein & Partners cocktail party.

Sunset at the Goodby, Silverstein & Partners cocktail party.

BBDO poolside cocktails, Martinez Hotel.

BBDO poolside cocktails, Martinez Hotel.

The DDB party on the Martinez's beach.

More from the DDB party...

More from the DDB party...

More from the DDB party...

A deadly serious dancefloor at the DDB party...

More from the DDB party dancefloor...

More from the DDB party..

More from the DDB party..

More from the DDB party..

More from the DDB party..

More from the DDB party..

More from the DDB party..

CHI & Partners cocktail party aboard the Wally B yacht.

Pool Party at the Hungry Man's villa.

Hanging at the Hakuhodo party.

Getting wet at the Hakuhodo party.

More happy folks at the Hakuhodo party.

Striking a pose at the Y&R Party.

Cuttin' rugs at the Y&R Party.

Y&R Party.

Y&R Party.

Y&R Party.

Y&R Party.

A Kodak moment at the Y&R Party.

Table service at the Y&R Party.

Thirsty business at the Y&R Party.

One man stays alive at the Y&R Party.

Putting hands in the air and, presumably, waving them as if they just don't care at the Y&R Party.

La Nuit Publicis, beach party.

Sharing at the Carlton Bar.

It's the Gutter Bar.

More Gutter Bar.

Parking at the Gutter Bar.

Delegates head towards the Palais for Wednesday night's award ceremony.

Inside the Awards ceremony.

Lean Mean Fighting Machine from London collect a Gold Lion for their Emirates Cyber campaign.

Cyber Lion winners.

Projector Tokyo collect the Cyber Grand Prix for Uniqlo's Uniqlock interactive campaign.

Anthony O'Reilly collects his Media Person of the Year award.

Canadian winners take shots of their Lion.

Brazilian winners of the Young Lions Gold, McCann Erickson art director Fabiano de Queiroz Silva and JWT art director Marcelo Mariano Dias, calmly accept the trophy for their Cyber campaign for Unicef.

A lil' Lion-winning fist-pump.

Andrew Keller picks up Crispin Porter + Bogusky's Gold Lion for Whopper Freakout.

42 Entertainment accept the viral advertising Grand Prix for Trent Reznor's Year Zero interactive caampaign.

BBDO, NY hits the stage for another Lion for HBO's Voyeur.

The BBDO, NY crew poses with their hardware.

Talk to Chuck: Crispin's Chuck Porter syncs up.

I feel like I've forgotten something...

The Crispin Porter + Bogusky party.

Workin' the ones+twos at the La La Land Beach party.

Delegates arriving at the Palais des Festivals for the evenings award ceremony.

The excitement reaches fever pitch before they announce the winners of the Golden Lions.

The Grand Prix winners for Radio, Denstsu Tokyo.

Tuesday night's beach party.

Beach party.

Beach party.

More beach party.

A little dance floor TCB at the beach party

Beach party

Beach party

Even more beach party

You guessed it ... beach party

And ... beach party

Still the beach party

Beach party!

View down onto the Gutter Bar before it got too messy.

Things stay a little more under control at the Carlton bar.

The packed Carlton terrace bar.

The Carlton Bar.

Tuesday's Yahoo Penthouse Party.

Yahoo Penthouse Party.

Yahoo Penthouse Party.

Yahoo Penthouse Party.

Yahoo. Penthouse. Party.

View out to the Med from ... the Yahoo Penthouse.

Some Japanese delegates struggle to help their friend home around 3 AM.

Palais des Festivals.

The welcome party of the Cannes Lions 2008.

At the Gutter Bar on Monday night.

At the Gutter Bar.

Gutter Bar? Oui.

More Gutter Bar.

Still more Gutter Bar action.

Gutter Bar party favors.

Posing for a picture with using a digital photo booth.

Extortionate beer prices... $15 a pint.

Delegates looking at the exhibition of the work in competition.

More delegates looking at the exhibition of the work in competition.

Delegates making sure they don't forget other people's ideas.

La Croisette.

The Dutch young Creatives' tour bus.

The exhibition of campaigning and social responsibility work.

Another look at the exhibition of campaigning and social responsibility work.

The Beach in front of the Palais des Festivals.

A creative being creative with five cameras.

The young Lions make their mark.

Three Young Lions from Michigan Sate University.